XV of France: “A great team is also built through pain”, says Patrick Arlettaz. The Blues attack coach wanted to be reassuring after the last disappointing outings of the France team.

The former Perpignan coach also justified the tenure of Nolann Le Garrec at the scrum, in place of the disappointing Maxime Lucu. “Max Lucu suffered much more from the collective performance (of the team), but we can’t take away the fact that Nolans made three convincing entries”